By: Leach H.B. No. 2014
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to reimbursement for jury service.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 61.001(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), a person who
  reports for jury service in response to the process of a court is
  entitled to receive as reimbursement for travel and other expenses
  an amount:
               (1)  not less than $20 [$6] for the first day or
  fraction of the first day the person is in attendance in court in
  response to the process and discharges the person's duty for that
  day; and
               (2)  not less than $58 [$40] for each day or fraction of
  each day the person is in attendance in court in response to the
  process after the first day and discharges the person's duty for
  that day.
         SECTION 2.  Section 61.0015(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The state shall reimburse a county:
               (1)  $14 for the reimbursement paid under Section
  61.001(a)(1) to a person who reports for jury service in response to
  the process of a court for the first day or fraction of the first day
  the person is in attendance in court in response to the process; and
               (2)  $52 [$34] a day for the reimbursement paid under
  Section 61.001(a)(2) [61.001] to a person who reports for jury
  service in response to the process of a court for each day or
  fraction of each day after the first day in attendance in court in
  response to the process.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.